I have had gold status for 2 years and the anniversary comes up end of April. I am 500 points short of platinum but the gold card had been sent to me two weeks ago. Is there way of getting those 500 points quickly and for good value? Appreciate suggestions.
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Thanks everyone for your input. That was a crazy thought. And in hindsight, I dont believe there is too much more to be gained in platinum. Having gold renewed is good enough. To go up one notch over the next 12 months is more challenging.
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I should be sitting on 770 SC (when Jetstar and Qantas finally get round to crediting my Star Class points, *fingers crossed*) with 630 to go for Platinum.

Last year I got to 880 SC and regretted I didn't try harder to get the SC for platinum.

THis year I have until end Sept to get 1400 SC and I intend to go down trying!

To me its more than having F lounge access.

You get way better chances for international upgrades and its alot easier to book FF award tickets. You also get better seat allocation on domestic and international flights. Don't forget the double points your earn on QF flights!

You get way better chances for international upgrades and its alot easier to book FF award tickets. You also get better seat allocation on domestic and international flights. Don't forget the double points your earn on QF flights!

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That's what it's all about for me too.
I fell 330 SC's short this year. Actually, that's not true...I have 9 days to get those 330 SCs...but no travel in those 9 days.

If I knew my travel plans for 07 way back in Feb 06, I could've given up 10 SCs, signed up for QFF several months later, and made Platinum by April this year. Oh well..there was no way to know.

Will try my hardest this year though. At least it looks like re-qualifying for gold will be easy enough.

I've been known to keep an eye on the fares to CMB. And recently I noted quite reasonable exPER QF fares connecting to the QF code share on UL in SIN. Sale fare pretty generally in the AU$530 range one way. (I won't use QF SIN-PER because of the arrival time at night)
Today I received a 50% bonus SC offer for QF flights to CMB.…

I think South America is possibly the sweet spot for this offer internationally as ticket prices are still pretty high to get there. Qantas currently has a sale with return tickets from $1098 for Sydney to Santiago return although you are more likely to find tickets at 1200 - 1400. This compares with regular prices starting from around $1500.…

Luckily, very lucky in fact that I opted out of the booking at the payment section, and as such received an email from Qantas advising me…

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